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WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Pat Tiberi of Genoa Township has nearly $3 million to spend on his
re-election campaign while Republican Steve Stivers of Upper Arlington has $1.1 million, according
to campaign-finance reports filed this week with the Federal Election Commission.

The reports showed that during the first three months of this year, Tiberi, Stivers and Democrat
Joyce Beatty of Jefferson Township have substantial financial advantages over their lesser-known
challengers.

Tiberi, a senior member of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee and a close ally of
Speaker John Boehner, R-West Chester, raised $290,155 during the first three months of this
year.

Most of the money came from political-action committees representing businesses, while $62,155
was given by individual donors.

Stivers reported raising $270,933 during the first quarter of this year, of which $164,600 was
from PACs. That includes $2,000 from the Main Street PAC headed by former Republican Rep. Steve
LaTourette of Bainbridge Township; $4,000 from Proctor & Gamble of Cincinnati; and $1,500 from
Verizon.

Beatty, seeking a second term in a district that includes much of Columbus, reported having
$308,961 available to spend on her re-election campaign. She collected $1,000 from David Leland,
former chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party; $2,500 from the Communications Workers of America;
and $5,000 from the National Automobile Dealers Association.

The deadline for the reports was Tuesday, although some had not yet been received by the FEC.
Neither of Stivers’ two opponents — Republican primary challenger Charles Cope of Upper Arlington
nor Democratic challenger Scott Wharton of Amanda — had their first-quarter reports posted by the
FEC as of yesterday afternoon.

Tiberi is running against Democrat David Tibbs of Newark, whose report was not yet posted, and
Green Party candidate Robert Hart of Worthington, who reported having $1,131.54 available for his
campaign.

Beatty’s Republican challenger, John Adams of Columbus, did not yet have his report posted by
the FEC.

Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Lakeville, reported nearly $700,000 available to spend for his re-election
campaign, while Republican Bill Johnson of Marietta has $961,531 to spend against his Democratic
challenger, Jennifer Garrison of Marietta, who has $238,147.